Anger isn’t actually a secondary emotion, but I personally kind of believe it’s a cover for sadness. Sadness at a situation, people, institutions etc sadness means you have to show vulnerability, anger means you don’t; trying to work on this myself. Which emotion is easier to display to others? - ThreadSky

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kellybdevoe.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Anger isn’t actually a secondary emotion, but I personally kind of believe it’s a cover for sadness. Sadness at a situation, people, institutions etc

sadness means you have to show vulnerability, anger means you don’t; trying to work on this myself. Which emotion is easier to display to others?

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markfromthedark.bsky.social•3 days ago

being (something of) a man intimately familiar with grief, I can tell you that anger is what you can show, and sadness is what you do alone

kellybdevoe.bsky.social•3 days ago

Which emotion is easier for MAGA to show? Which emotion is easier for most Americans, especially men, who have been acculturated to feel anger, but repress sadness?

kellybdevoe.bsky.social•3 days ago

If you care. It’s a helpful clinical tool, though I don’t agree (personally) with all of it

https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/general/what-are-primary-and-secondary-emotions/#

avonleaf.bsky.social•3 days ago

Anger

kellybdevoe.bsky.social•3 days ago

Agreed!!!

carriagereturn.bsky.social•3 days ago

This explains why I'm ready to bite someone's head off today while also wanting to eat my feelings and cry

kellybdevoe.bsky.social•3 days ago

i look back at all of my angry emotions, people, institutions, situations: what triggers me; is usually something that disturbs me, or makes me sad.

I’m used to reflecting some sort of Chicago toughness which I take pride in to some extent, but it’s not really all that healthy most of the time

carriagereturn.bsky.social•3 days ago

That ... Actually makes a LOT of sense and I'm putting situations where I still feel INCREDIBLY guilty for loosing my cool 15-20 years ago in a different light.

kellybdevoe.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s okay. Forgive yourself. We have to, to move on. Especially since it seems you’ve already reflected on what you would do differently this time around, and you experience regret. That makes you human, and not an antisocial psychopath

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